Mikhail Kukushkin and Dominik Koepfer will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10 am on Court 4. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.67
Dominik Koepfer -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Dominik Koepfer

There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Dominik Koepfer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 90, Kukushkin reached the qualifications after beating Elias Ymer 6-7³ 6-4 7-5 and Taro Daniel 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Daniel (6-2 6-2). During the match Kukushkin scored 60 points vs Daniel’s 39. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kukushkin couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was quite effective on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kukushkin broke Daniel 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kukushkin has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Kukushkin has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (283-251). 2-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kukushkin has a 75-77 record in the last years on clay.

The Kazakhstani has a 6-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

Mikhail lost in the 1^st round to Laslo Djere.

Dominik Koepfer

Ranked no. 91, the German got to the qualifications after defeating Flavio Cobolli 7-6² 3-6 6-0 and Gilles Simon 7-5 2-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Dominik defeated Simon (7-5 2-6 6-3).-103) than Simon. In fact, the world no. 90 won 103 points vs Simon’s. That means that Koepfer was more focused during the important points. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Koepfer managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dominik Koepfer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Koepfer put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. Koepfer broke Simon 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Koepfer has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The German’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in the Dallas Challenger.

The German has a 11-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

Dominik didn’t play in Rome in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kukushkin and Koepfer played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Mikhail Kukushkin conceded 1 set, while Dominik Koepfer dropper 2 sets. Kukushkin has played 1 set(s) less than Koepfer (5 vs 6). Therefore, Kukushkin played 6 games less than Koepfer. Kukushkin scored 69 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The German recorded 74 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Kukushkin struck 4 aces (2 per match). Koepfer scored 4 aces (2 per match). Kukushkin won 64% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Koepfer won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Kukushkin broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kukushkin surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Dominik broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Dominik conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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• 1Main
• 16Chall
• 1Minor

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• 5Chall
• 4Minor

Mikhail
Kukushkin

0:1

Dominik
Koepfer

Rank

134

High

39

0Clay1

Rank

70

High

49

Win Loss

Kukushkin

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Koepfer

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2024 2023 2022

37 - 20

20 - 16

14-3

Hard

10-5

7-4

I Hard

2-1

10-9

Clay

6-8

6-4

Grass

2-2

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Leonardo MayerMayer (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Hugo DellienDellien (7-6⁷ 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – James DuckworthDuckworth (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Matteo ViolaViola (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-7² 6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Steven DiezDiez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Tommy RobredoRobredo (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-7⁶ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Andrej MartinMartin – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kevin AndersonAnderson – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrej MartinMartin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel EvansEvans – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Guido PellaPella – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Mikael YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benoit PairePaire – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Joao SousaSousa (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – Christian GarinGarin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Kukushkin

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